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UNITED STATES PABNT erica.

CHARLES B. IVITHINGTON, OF JANESVILLE, VISCONSIN.

GRAIN-BINDER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Iietters Patent No. 399,108, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed April 25, 1887. Serial No. 235,977. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, CHARLES B. VVITHING- TON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Janesville, in the county of Rock and State of 1Wisconsin, have invented cer-` tain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Binders, of which the following is a speciiication.

Nearly all modern binders are of the same general type, irrespective of the manufacturer. They have a post-frame or main bracket with overhanging and subtending arms for the .support of the tyer and needle shafts, outside tripping and compressing fingers supported from beneath the bindingtable, packers moving up from beneath said table to urge the grain forward wisp by wisp, and controlled in their movements by a revolving crank-shaft midway of their length and by pendent links to which the heel ends are jointed. The binder-arm shaft is beneath the decking or table and the binder-arm rises therethrough, and a tyershaft bearing at one end the main gear has at the other end a cani-wheel actuating the holding, knotting, and cutting mechanism above the bindiug-tl1roat,while the main gear is driven from the packer-shaft by a ehainor by intermediate idlers, operates the binden arm by means of a pitman connected to a crank ou the binder-arm shaft, and alternately holds the tr.ipiinger up against the grain and moves it forward to compa-ct the gra-in, and again carries it beneath the decking to permit the discharge of the bound sheaf by means of a spring-link attached to a lever pivoted on the frame and controlled by a cam-111ml; in said main gear. The triptinger, which in this construction also acts as a compressor, has a vibratory movement to drop it beneath the table and return it to et fective position. Themain gear, when the binder is out of action, is engaged by a back lash-dog, which prevents retrograde movement, but does not positively lock against movement in the other direction,

In my present invention I have arranged the tying-head beneath the grain-table and placed the binder-arm above. The main gear, mounted on a stub-axle outsetting from a web or hanger on the inner and lower side of the main bracket, meshes directly with and is4 driven by the trippinion on the packer-shaft, and by means of a pitman connects with a crank on a needle -shaft journaled in the overhung arm of said main bracket, thereby operating the needle or binder arm, and, meshing also with a stopmotion pinion on the outer end of the tyershaft j ournaled in the subtending arm of the main bracket, it imparts rotation to said shaft at the proper time in the binding operation. pin on this stop-motion pinion to a crank upon a compressor-shaft journalcd in ears near the top of the main bracket and eXtend ing parallel with its overhung arm, thereby actuating the compressor at the inner end of said shaft to move forward just after thev knetter is started to give additional compression to the gavel while the knot is being tied,

and then to move outward and upward tol A trip iin ger is mounted upon a sleeve etn` bracing the tyer-shaft and revolving with it, but capable of a limited independent play thereabout, and connects with the trip-shaft while the tyer-shaft is at rest, so as t0 rock said trip-shaft and release the trip-latch as.

grain is packed against it. In the rotation of the tyer-shaft, whichbegins after the binderarm has laid the cord around the gavel, this trip-finger is carried beneath the table, and an ejector-finger which projects from the sleeve on the opposite side from the trip-finger is brought up to eject the bound sheaf, and then in the continued revolution of said shaft both trip-finger and ejector are lu'ought around to their initial position. The packers, which carry the grain wisp bywisp against the tripfinger, are mounted about midway of their length upon the crankshaft which carries the trip-clutch and trip-pinion, as heretofore; but instead of being supported at the heel ends by links pendent from a pivot on the frame they are carried bylinks which opstand from their pivoton the frame, thus not only effecting a change in thevmoveinent of the packers, but also lifting them closer to the decking, and enabling the attachment to be brought much nearer to the ground should it be de- A spring-link extends from a wrist-` IDO the stubble side, the 'decking' being still corrcspondingly-numbercd line in the presired to use it on a low-level machine. The main g'ear, and consequently the whole binding mechanism, is positively locked against movement while out ot' action by means of a dog taking into a notch `in said main g'ear, or any appropriate wheel in the driving-train, and lifted out of said notch by the trip-latch, or by other suitable connection with thc tripping mechanism, through the agency of the trip-finger as it reeedes before the incoming gavel. A stationary cord-l'iolder is employed; but the knetter, which preferably is of the usual tying-bill form, is carried in a rotating head orstock at the end of the tyer-shaft, and inthe binding operation' starts 'from a position slightly in advance ofthe holder and winds up the cord toward said holder, completing the knot as it passes, and then in the continued revolution of the stock backs away from the holder with its jaws trending theretoward until the knot has been wrenchcd fromjit, or until it is released from the knot, finally-being brought by the completion of the full revolution of the tyer-shaft and stock to its starting position, where it stops in readiness to again .receive the cord.

i Various other features and details of my l invention will appear from the ensuing' description.

ln 'the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a. grain-binder constructed according to my invention, the binder-arm being broken away in section and the decking removed. Fig. 2 is an elevationof said machine from` omitted; Fig. 3, a rear end elevation showing the cord running from the holder beneath the chin of the knotter and thence to the binderarm; Fig. i, a front elevation explaining particularly'the manner of driving' the binding' mechanism from theharvcstcr; Fig. 5, an enlarged detail view, partlyin section onv the ceding' gure, and seen from above, showing' the driving-train, the tripping mechanism, the tyer-shaft, and the tyer-hcad, but omitting the knotter and holder; Fig'. G, an enlarged detail in elevation from the rear and sectioned on the line indicated by like numerals in the preceding figure, explaining particularly the compressing, tripping', and ejecting mechanism; Fig. 7, a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5, also enlarged and seen from the front; Fig. S, a section, enlargcdfon the line likewise numbered in lfig'. 5, showing' the trip-clutch, the stop-motion in the driving'- train, and the locking-dog; Fig'. 9,a detached view, enlarged and in front elevation, of the stop-motion pinion by which the compressor is actuated. Fig. l0 represents the same from above.v Figs. 11 and -12 are projections lin section and plan of the delay-rim on the side of the main g'ear whereby said stop-motion pinion is controlled. Fig. 13 is an elevation of the knetter-head from the rear, enlarged,

with its revolving stock partly broken away to expose-the stationary gear-segment byi line and arrows therein; Fig. 18, a detached view, in perspective, of the stripper and fag chute for the holder; Fig. 19, an elevation, partly in section, of the knotter or tying-bill; Figs. 2O to 25, a diagrammatic series illustrattng in consecutive order the successive stages of action of the knotting-head from the moment the tying-bill commences to re` volve until the band. is tied, its ends severed, and the knot at the point of being' wrenched from the tying-jaws; and Figs. 2li and 27,*enlarged diagrammatic views et' the stop-motion in the driving-trai n, the first showing' the` pinion in full lines as itis aboutto commence its revolution and tracing it a quarter-revolution by broken lin es, and the second showing said pinion inv full lines-as it is entering' the last quarter of its revolution and tracing Aits movement to nearly the initial position of rest by broken lin es.

A is the post-frame or main bracket, having an ovcrhung arm, a, and lower parallel.

arm, a, subtending the grain-table or decking, as usual, these arms respectively afford-` ing bearings for the needle-shaft and tyershaft, as presently explained. An insetting web or flange-a?, from the upright part or post of this main bracket depends or downhangs below the subtending arm, and at its foot has a seat for the outer longitudinal frame-bar, A, and a corresponding hanger, a, from the inner or rear end ot' the subtending arm completes the connection with `said bar. A second parallel frame-bar, A2, on the inner side of the main bracket is connected with the first by metal straps or transverse frame-bars A3, conveniently formed by bending, as shown, to bring the two ends, respectively, to the outer frame-bar and subtending arm of the main bracket, and to receive the inner frame-bar in the seatafforded at the re-entrant angle of the bend. Other metal bars or straps,A",or it may be wooden bars, for the matter of that, unite the longitudinal frame-bars in rear of the post-frame. Tie-pieces B, uniting the two arms of the transverse frame-bars, have bearings l) for the cranked packer-shaft driven from the harvester, and which carries at its front end, adjacent to the post of the main bracket, the driving-disk B', provided with driving studs or rollers b', and the loose- `running trip -pinion B2, having' integral therewith or fixed fast thereto a disk or crosshead, B3, that carries the driving-dog B, pivoted by a pin, Z22, to said disk. rlhis drivingdog is formed with an arm, b3, outsetting from its end about radially to the shaft, to engage IOO IIO

the trip-latch, a lateral pim-h", which takes into a slot in the cross-head to limit the vibration of the dog on its pivot, and a lateral driving-lng, if, and is normally pressed ont- Ward by means ot' a spring, b, fixed to said cross-head to bring the driving-lug into engagement with one ot the pins orrollers upon the driving-disk.

Formerly the trip-pinion has driven a main gear and cam wheel fixed to a tyer-shaft in the overhanging arm of the main bracket by means of two intermediate idle-wheels, or else by a chain driving a pinion in mesh. With said main gear. Herein, however, I mount the main gear (i upon a stub-axle, c, outsetting trom the front hanger beneath the postlrame, so as to bring said main gear directly in mesh with the trip-pinion, and, instead of placing the tyeieshaft in the overhung arm of the postframe, journal the needle-shaft C therein and connect a crank, c', at the front end ot this needle-shaft with the main gear by means of a pitman, D, so that with each revolution lot' the main gear the needle or binder arm D at the rear end of said shaft7 and not necessarily differing in construction t'rom that heretofore employed, shall be carried down t'roin its position of rest (shown, for instance, in Fig. 3) to pierce the grain and deliver the cord to the knottcr and holder beneath the bindiiig-table and afterward return again to its position of rest.

VOn the side away 'from the .trip-pinion or driving-pinion the main gear meshes with a stop-motion pinion, E, keyed to the forward end of the 'flyer-shaft E', journaled in the subtending arm of themain bracket. This stopinotion pinion has a shoe, F, which travels on a delay rim or flange, F', on the inner face of the main gear, and opposite the shoe has a blank space or cutaway portion, f, in which the teeth of the main gear may revolve While the shoe is traveling upon said tiange or delay-surface.

Reference to Fig. Q will give the relation ot' f2, proj ect-s laterallyv from the main gear about i halt' the width of the fla-nge, as shown in the projection thereof in Fig. l2, the object oi' this pin being to come under the extreme end of the toe at the moment that; the main gear stops, so as to support it and prevent any possible retrogrado movement ol the;

pinion, while ihe toe has a lateral channehfi,

about halt' through its thickness that allows the pass ge ol' the pin while said toe is engaging with and playing through the slot. From this point the yfiange extends alittle more than half a circlearound the main gear, so as to lock the pinion against revolution in the initial movement of said main gear that l brings the binder-arm down and delivers the i cord, then is slotted or cut away again, as at l formed with an abrupt abutting face, h',

f4, having also in the middle of this ent-away space a laterally-projecting supporting-pin, f3, as before, upon which the advancing toe iirst rides to insure against premature movement oi' the stop-motion pinion, and which is received in a lateral channel, f6, in said advancing' toe when the latter engages with and plays in the recess. On the farther edge of the slot the tlange is thickened into a sort of cam, f7, that with its curved ,or rounded end catches the curved surface of the advancing toe and trips or deflects it into the recess, so as to cause the perfect engagement of the pinion with the main gear. Beyond this thickened part the iian ge is continued, though not necessarily so, since the pinion is revolvin g alongthis reach and the d clay-shoe does not again engage with the flange until it reaches the initial slot or break, and at a point-in this continuation is notched or formed a socket,

f8, to receive the nose et the locking-dog, as

presently explained. The pinion reaches the initial slot in the delay-iiange after imparting to the Iyer-shaft a single revolution, and thereby operating the knotter, and also actuating the compressor, as next explained. Then it passes out of; engagement, its delay-shoe once more .locks upon the delay-flange with the thickened extremity ot' the rear toeagain resting on the pin f2, and the main gear itself stops.

ln ears g on the outer side of the overhung arm of the post-t`rame is jonrnaled a roekshaft, (i, having at its rear end the compressor-arm G and at its forward end a crank, g',A connected by a yielding link or pitman, G2, With a wrist-pin, g2, upon the stop-1n otion pinion, and in the position of rest slightly in advance or precedence of the dead-center, so that when this pinion passes ofi' the delaytlange and commences to revolve, which will be at the moment when the hinder-arm has completed its descent and presented the cord to the knetter and to the holder, the link may lirst be drawn down, carrying the compressor in against the gavel to give it an additional compression against; the binder-arm, thus pro viding slack in the band ji'istlaid, to be taken up by the knetter in its revolution, which of course commences syncln-ononsliv with the revolution of the stop-motion pinion. After the yieldin pitman hns passed the dead-center the knot will have been. formed7 and the compressor then opens awa)v from the bound shcat rapidly, and Will at the moment the pitinan reaches the opposite dead-center he elevated to pra-etieall'vihe full height above the grain-table. ',lhen it is carried down again sharply until it reaches its position ot.' rest, closing the exit-passage li'roin the binding-receptacle, and awaiting the accumulation ot another ga vel.

Mounted in bearings h on the inner side of the subtonding arm of the main bracket is another rock-sluit t, ll,scrvi n g as the tri p-shaft. At its outer end it carries the trip-latch H',

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'which strikes the upstanding arm or linger of the trip-dog and depresses it, and at the lower end of this face having a notch, h2, to receive and catch over said end, as shown in Fig. 6, and beyond the notch being beveled downwardly, as at h3, that it may ride upon the shank of the trip-dog prior to striking the arm thereof and be directed against said arm. This trip-latch is normally urged upward or out of action by means of a spring, h4, coiled about the trip-shaft,and pressing at one end against the lower end of the latch and at the other seated against any suitable support on the main bracket, my tripping arrangement being distinguished in this feature from many others with the common tripping` mechanism now used, where the latch is normally urged into engagement by the spring. The inner end of. the trip-shaft, or that end adjacent to the path of the needle, has a crank-arm, h5, curved upward and over the trip-shaft, or over the subtending arm of the main bracket, and herein, though not necessarily so, playing in a slot, h6, in a box or casing, H2, fixed to or integral with said subtending arm at its rear end, or that end which in the relations of the machine may be termed the inner end.

Upon the end of the trip-shaft adjacent to the trip-latch, or it may be upon the insetting web of the main bracket, is pivoted the locking-dog I, having about midway of its length a lateral finger, i', which sits over and rests upon the trip-latch, an d at its free end is bent outward to bring its nose i" over the flange on the main gear, that it may drop intofthe before-mentioned notch cut therein as the gear ends its revolution and lock it against-motion in either direction. A spring, 2, coiled around the hub of this locking-dog' presses at one end against the lateral finger therefrom and at the other against the under side of the triplatch, so as to hold the dog down against the trip-latch and cause it to follow the descent of the latter, that it may be brought down against the 1i ange on the main gear and ride thereon ready to en gage with its notch theinstant the trip-dog is thrown out of action, and that when the trip-latch is lifted by its own stronger spring it may positivelylift the locking-dog and release the main gear.

Mounted upon the tyer-shatt, which so far as the tripping mechanism is concerned may be aneedle-shaft, as ordinarily used in this position, or upon a hub surrounding it, is a sleeve, K., having a pendent outwardly-curved linger,

K', acting as the discharge-arm, and opposite this fingerhaving a tangential arm, K2, directed outward, and serrated, notched, or otherwise prepared to receive and support an adjustable trip nger or lever, K3, that may be setnearer to or farther from the center of the hub by means of the set-screw k or equivalent securing device. A lateral finger, la', also projects from the trip-support parallel with the tyer-shaft until its end enters within the casing and beyond the plane of vibration of the' crank-arm on the trip-shaft, so that when the binder is at rest thisfinger may lie beneath said crankarm, forcing it out and holding the trip-latch at the other end of the trip-shaft down against the trip-dog. The sleeve has a recess or notch, 7a2, to receive a stop from its bearing,whereby it may be limited in its playing thereabout. In the present instance this stop is afforded by the spindle of the tying bill, which is caused to pass diagonally through the notch; but under a different arrangement of mechanism, as where a needle-shaft is substituted for the tyer-shaft, any suitable pin or lug will take the place of said spindle in its ofce as a stop. A spring', L, is coiled aboutthis sleeve, and at one end is hooked into one of a series ot' sockets, Z, upon a flange, Il', outset from a disk revolving with the tyer-sl 1att,or is otherwise adjustably secured that its tension may be increased 0r decreased, while at the other end it presses against the lateral finger from the trip-support and tends to'hold it inward to resist the pressure of the grain.

Grain being packed into the receptacle and against the trip-lever, thelatter will yield according to the tension of its spring, and finally will rock its supporting-sleeve so far as to carry t-he lateral linger out from beneaththe cranked end of the trip-shaft, When the spring on the latter will immediately lift the triplatch from engagement with the trip-dog, and thereby start the trip-clutch,the trip-latch as it rises disengaging the locking-dog, so as to release the main gear. In the ensuing revolution of the tyer-shaft, coming at some interval after the engagement of the clutch, the trip-lever will be carried down beneath the table, and finally brought up again to its position of rest, its lateral finger entering beneath the crank-arm from the trip-shaft and wisp-against the trip-lever; but Whereas the' heels of the packers heretofore used have been supported by pendent links from overhead pivots on the binder-frame, in my invention these heels are carried upon links or radius-bars M', upstanding from pivots m in ears from the lower or outside longitudinal supporting-bar of the binder-frame, thus bringing them up in close proximity to the decking and raising them above the basebars of this frame, instead of projecting them beneaththem, as formerly, where they occupied much space and were in danger of being struek'and bent or broken'. This mode of arranging and supporting the packersl also roo' IIO

involves a change in their path which beneiits their action and facilitates their withdrawal from the grain at the end oi' the packing movement.

Pinned fast to the end of the tyer-sha i't by means oi' a hub, n., the exterior surface of which herein serves as a bearing for the justinentioned trip-sleeve, is a disk, N, serving as a stock ior the tying-bill. A diagonal bearing, n, runs through this sleeve from one face to the other, and preferably in a diametrical plane, in which is mounted the tyer-spindle N', carrying at its upper end and at the outer or rear face ot' the disk a tying-bill, N2, which may be of any approved form, but herein is shown as composed of a fixed under jaw, n', and a pivoted outer jaw, n2, having a roller, n3, on its heel end, and normally held closed by means ot' a leaf-spring, nl, secured within the hollow spindle by a screw, a5, and having between said screw and its power end a shoulder, fn, whereby its tension may be adjusted by turningl the screw to give the jaws a greater or less grip upon the cord.

A lug or offset, N3, on the adjacent face of the disk has a cam-surface, ni, arranged to strike the heel of the pivoted jaw or the roller thereon at the proper moment in the revolution of the layer-spindle to open said jaw that it may grasp the crossed strands of the cord, and when the jaw has passed oit this cam the spring instantly closes it to grasp said ends. The lower end of the tyer-spindle has, as usual, a bevel-pinion, Ni, and a delay-shoe, N5, the pinion engaging with a stationary segmentrack, N, termed upon the adjacent rim ofthe above-mentioned casing, and the delay-shoe riding upon a beveled delay-surface, ns, aiit'orded by the remaining periphery of said rim as the disk is carried around by the revolution of the tyer-shaft. lVhen in position to receive the cord, the tyer-spindle inclines slightly inward, as shown in Fig. 13, with the tying-jaws trending obliquely inward across the plane in which the cord is laid, and with the tyer-pinion just rea-dy to engage with the actuating-segment, and in such position the knotting-head will remain, owing to the stopmotion between the main gear and the tyershaft, until the binder-arm has descended and carried the cord to the holder on the outer side of the tying-head.

For the holder I prefer to employ the ordinary notched disk, 0, working in a shoe, O', pressed against the periphery of said disk by means of a spring, 0, all being mounted upon a bracket or support, o', bolted to the fixed frame-work of the machine. In the present instance the holder-disk has but three notches, though it may have more, and is turned by means of a Geneva stop-pinion, P, tixcd to its spindle p, and having three delay-shoes, p', with notches p2 between. discoidal tying-head is formed with a delay iiange or surface, p3, upon which the delayshoes of the holder-pinion travel in succession, and at a proper point along the length of said rirn is placed a solitary tooth, p4, at each side or flank of which the iiange is eut away to permit its engagement with a notch in the holder-pinion. Thereby said pinion is turned one-third of a revolution for each entire revolution of the tying-head or tyer-shaft, or, in other words, makes a complete revolution once for every three binding operations.

Between the holder-disk and its pinion is a stripper-plate, P', herein made integral with the support or bearing for the holder-spindle, and practically embracin said bearing on the. side away from the holder-shoe, an d rising spirally from a pointclose to the periphery of the spindle until it passes beyond the periphery of the disk, then broadened and prolonged into a fag-chute, pf', whereby the dbris is conducted away from the vicinity of the holding mechanism and danger of clogging is avoided.

The support or bracket for the holder is braced from the inner bar of the main frame or binder-frame by means of a rodi, screwthreaded at that end which passes through the support and receiving two nuts, p5 and p7- one on each side of the support-whereby the holder may be slight-ly adjusted with reference to its distance from the axis of the tyershaft, to insure proper engagement of its pinion with the fiange upon the rotating stock of the latter.

From the holder-bracket rises an arm or linger, Q, which at about the head of the aXis of the holder-spindle is bent laterally and nearly horizontally toward the tyer-head, terminating beneath the chin of the knetter, the oiiice of this arm being to stop the cordstrands brought around by the revolution ot the holder-disk and retain and guide them into position to come between the open jaws of the tying-bill a't'ter the loop has been laid and these ends crossed thereon.

It has alreadybeen stated that the knetterjaws in their position of rest trend obliquely inward across the plane in which the band is laid, and their spindle being inclined causes them also to trend downward` This brings the nose of the jaws to the tartherside of the binder-arm when the latter descends, as will perhaps be more clearlyunderstood by reference to Figs. li and 20, the iirst oi. which, seen from the direction in which the binderarin comes, shows the holder-disk ready to receive the cord, with the waiting notch in line with the chin ol" said tyer-ja-ws, and the second shows the binder-arm at the extreme of its descent, at just the moment when the knetter begins to revolve. lhc adjustment of the binder-arm also such that as it passes the knetter the jaws of the latter come close to land almost scrape its inner or concave side- The rim ot' the l l l l is certainly laid under the chin of the jaws without possibility of escape. lVhen thus laid, it docs not at the moment come in contact with the guide linger or stop between the holder and knetter; but in the ensuing 'frac-V IOO "sition to be grasped by the open knetter-jaws tional revolution otl the holder-disk it is carried around and up against the underside of i said finger, which stops both strands, the old strand and the one just laid and lying in the same notch, so that they shall be held in poas the latter come around after laying the loop. lV hen this has been done, the knife R, secured to the rim of the discoida-l knotterhead above the crown of the knotter and projecting across the plane in which the band is laid by the binder-arm, comes against and severs the two strands between this nger and the holder, as indicated in Fig. 24C, but temporarily receives thc spool-st-rand left by the just commencing recession of the binderi arm and belayed through the next notch, and therefore not alongside the two just severed, in a recess or notch, r', in its shank right above the crown of the knetter, and as it is carried down and around in the revolution of t the stock retains this strand until .i t has been safely guided beneath the ,chin of the knetter ready torthe ensuing bindiligoperation,when, as it rises to its position of rest with the termination of the movement of the tyershaft, it passes oftl of the strand, leaving it securely engaged with the knetter and waiting for its companion strand to be brought down by the binder-arm. lith the accumulation of the iucoming gavel the strand stretched .from the holder under the chin of the knetter and up to the eye of the binder-arm is pressed outward until it comes against the back of the knife, as shown in Fig. 20, which prevents its further escape until the second strand' is brought down alongside ol it by the descent of the binder-arm, when,in the incipient revolution of the knotter, the second strand will be carried against the back ot' the knife, and bot-l1 strands will be retained thereby immediately over its crown, as in Fig. 2l, until the loop has been formed or nearly formed, when the rotation of the stock will carry knife and knetter down toward and past the holder, and the strands will be severed, and the spoolstrand caught and carried around and up and guided under thechin of the knotter, as before.

l claiml. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the trip-pinion on the packer-shaft, the trip-latch, the main gear, with which said pinion directly meshes, the delay-lian ge on its side, the inver-shaft, and the delay-pinion on said tyer-shat't directly mesh ing with the main gear.

i). ',lhe combiilation, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the trip-pinion on the packershat't, the main gear meshing directly therewith, the binder-arm mounted on an overhead shalt, the pitman.connecting the main gear with an arm on said shaft, the parallel coinpressor-shaft, the delay-pinion on the tyer-shaft directly meshing with the main `gear, and the link connecting said delay-pinion with an arm from the compressor-shaft.

3. The combination, substantially as here? inbefore set forth, of the trip-pinion on the I packer-shaft, the trip-latch, the main gear, with which said trip-pinion directly meshes,

the tyer-shaft, the delay-pinion on said tyershaft, having a shoe engaging a delay-tlange on the main gear and itself meshing directly with the teeth of said main gear, the binderarm shaft, and a pitman connecting the wristpin on the main gear with an arm from said` shaft. l 4. The combination, si'ibstantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the delay-pinion and its shoe having lateral channels 1n its toes, of

a driying-gear having a delay-ange provided with supporting-pins at the center of the cutaway spaces therein, projecting to about half the thickness of the shoe to support it after it has passed through said cut-away spaces.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the trip-pinion, tripclutch, and pivoted trip -latch, and with a wheel in the train driven by said pinion and between said pinion and the band applying and uniting devices, of the locking-dog independently pivoted t-o the frame and taking into a notch in said wheel, and an arm from saidlocking-dog projecting into the path of the independent triplatch, whereby it will be lifted when Vthe trip-latch is moved to release the driving-dog.

6. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the trip-clutch and trip-latch, of the rock-shaft upon which said trip-latch is secured, the spring messing-the tri p-lateh normally'away from the path of the trip-dog, the arm from the inner end of the trip-shaft resting. ad jacent to the periphery of the shaft, which is carried in the subtending arm of the binder-frame, and a finger normally resting under said arm to hold thev latch into engagement and partaking of the motions of said subtending shaft, whereby after disengagement it is brought up again beneath the heel of said arm and again resets the tripdatch.

7. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the trip-latch, the

trip-shaft, and the spring' which urges said trip-latch out of the path of the trip-dog, of the arm at the inner end of the tripshaft, the trip-lever mounted upon a support sleeved about the shaft carried in the subtending arm of the binder-frame, the finger projecting laterally from said support under the arm from the trip-shaft, means whereby said sleeve is permitted a limited play about its supporting-shaft, and a spring holding it resistingly against such play, that as the grain is packed against the trip-finger it may yield and overcome the spring, carrying the lateral arm or finger out from beneath the arm from the trip-shaft, and then be taken around to come up on thc other side of said arm in the ensuing revolution of its supporting-shaft.

8. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the trip-finger carried IOO upon the inner end ot' the shaft inthe subtending arm of the binder-frame, the tripshai't extending alongside and parallel with said subtendine,` frame-arm to the inner end of the shaft which the latter carries, the arm from the inner end of said trip-shaft, and the sleeve encircling the inner end of the subtending shaft where it projects from the frame-arxn and carrying the trip-linger, of the dischargearm projecting rigidly from the other side of said sleeve, whereby the triplever is carried around after startin` the binder the discharge-arm is brought up into its place to ejeet the bound sheat, and then returns beneath the binder as the trip-lever comes up to its initial posit-ion.

9. The combination, substantially as hereinbetore set forth, with the driving-dog, triplatch, trip-shaft, and its arm, and with the Subt-ending shaft of the binder, ot' the sleeve K, tangential supporting-bar K2, the triplever K3, supported upon and adjustable along said tangential supportingdiar, the spring,` L, and a device for adjusting the stress ot' said spring.

lO. The combination, substantially as hereinbetore set forth, with the ayer-shaft, ot' a knetter-stock fixed thereto to revolve therewith, a tying-bill carried by said stock, and means whereby said bill is rotated upon its own axis duringl a portion of the revolution of the stock.

ll. The comliiination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the tyer-shatt and with the revolving knotter-stoek carried thereby, of the tyenspindle set obliquely in said stock, the pinion and delayshoe on one end of said spindle, a segmenhgear and delay-flange secured to the binder-trame, with which said pinion and shoe engage, the tying-bill at the head of said spindle, and a earn carried by the revolvingstoek, with which the heel of the pi voted jaw engages as the bill is yrotated to open said jaw.

l2. The combination, substantially as hereiubetore set torth, with the tyer-shatt and the revolving' stoel; mounted thereon, ot' the tyerspindle, the tying-bill at the head thereoi, the

stationary holder, and means whereby thel tyer-spindle is rotated to l'orin the knot as it j is approaching' the holder, and stopped in its individual rotation with the jaws trending,- toward the holder immediately after it passes thereby to strip and tighten the knot as the stoel; continues to revolve.

13. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the tyer-shaft and the revolving stoel; mounted thereon, of the obliquely-set t5-er-spindle, the tying'bill at the headthereot, the stationar f holder, and means whereby the tyer-spindle is rotated to form the knot as it is apl'iroaehing` the holder, and stopped in its individual rotation with the jaws trending` toward the holder immediately after it passes thereby to strip and tighten the knot as the stock continues to revolve.

li. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the tyer-shaft, the revolving` tyer-stoek carried thereby, the tyingbill mounted in said stock, the stationary holder comprising a notched disk and shoe, the Geneva stop-pinion upon the holder-spindle, and the delay-flange and tooth upon the revolving knotterestoek engaging with said pinion to aetuate the holder.

15. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the revolving,` knotterstock and the tying-bill carried thereby, of the stationary holder and the eord-stop between said holderand the knotter, whereby the cordstrands are retained in position to pass between the open jaws of the tyingbill as it approaches the holder.

16. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the revolving,` knotterstock and tying-bill carried thereby, oi' the knife mounted upon said stock above the crown of the tying-bill, proj eeting across the plane in which the cord is laid by the binderarni, and serving,l to reta-in the @ord-strands prior to the knottingx movement.

17. The combination, substantially as here inbefore set forth, with the tying-bill, the revolving` stock in which it is mounted, and the stationary` holder, of the knife carried by said o stoek above the crown of the tying-bill and proj ecting across the plane in which the cord is laid by the bi1nler-arni,a1nl having a notch in its shank to receive the spool-strand as it passes the holder and deflect it into position to spring' beneath the ehin ol the knotter.

CITAS. l. Wlrl'lllXG'FON'. lVitnessrs:

l. l?. D'UNwiDnin, D. DUNWIDDIE.

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